Module+1+(Summer)

Module 1
Immediately: Sign up for a date to post your “language in life” assignment. Begin reading "language in life" posts on the blog (ongoing throughout the semester).


 * __For July 2nd and July 7th online meetings: __**

Conduct your **community research**. See the assignment sheet on the blog under [|"Course Documents."] Use this page to communicate and find an expert or buddy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SooyN2UK40k5iEgn34j8VUejDMydnPOM7kxzP_VAFgc/edit?usp=sharing

Read the following texts ([|located on the blog]), take some notes, and **be prepared to share your thoughts in class on July 9th.** As you read, focus on (a) your own experience and (b) the classroom — see corresponding questions below each reading.

1. Stubbs, M. (2002). Some basic sociolinguistic concepts. In L. Delpit & J. K. Dowdy, eds. The skin that we speak. NYC: The New Press. a.) How can you connect your personal experience to this explanation of language and literacy? b.) How might this theory come to life in your classroom or with your future students?

2. Chapters 1-3, posted on the blog under "Readings." Focused on pgs. 13-15; 55-70. Smith, M. W. & Wilhelm, J. D. (2007). Getting it right: Fresh approaches to teaching grammar, usage, and correctness. NYC: Scholastic. a.) As you read, first consider the ways you were (or were not) taught grammar. What was effective, and what was not? b.) Then, think about your own classroom. Which concepts are worthy of being taught? If you can't teach everything, how do you decide what to address?